The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-02-25
ABOUT WOMEN.

Queen Victoria intends to pass Christmas
in the Isle of Wight
Little plaster busts of Mrs. Cleveland are
now for sale in Washington.
Mrs Mckee Rankin has retired from the
stage, and established herself in Detroit.
The oldest old maid in the world has been
discovered. Her name is Benoite. She lives
in Auch, France, and is 100 years old.
The date of Miss Sarah Bernhardt's appear
ance in Washington was to have taken place
March IA, but is now postponed tin March g.
The wife of Senator Cameron, Of Penn
sylyania, is said to receive more invitations
to dinner than any other lady in Washing
ton.
The richest unmarried woman in the United
States is said TO be Miss Catherine Wolf, of
New York, who has an income of about
$500, 600 year.
Mrs. Folsom, who is staying at the presi-
dents country place, always keeps in her
room a pistol which will kill at 200 yards.
Her nephew Ben has taught her how to
use it.
Miss Winnie Davis will pass the holidays in
New York. Her name is not "Winifred," as
is generally supposed, but "Varina," a name
inherited from her mother
Mrs Keppler, the wife Of Editor Keppler,
Of Puck, called in doctor to look at o favor
ite cat, and soon received bin for $22 for
chopping off a portion Of the animals tail
An old lady of New Hampshire recently
celebrated her sOth birthday by giving an
elaborate supper, at which every article, in
Guiding the cheese and butter, was made
with her own hand.
The favorite color Of the Princess Waldo
mar of Denmark is purple. During the few
days that she recently passed In Paris she was
SO frequently seen in purple garments that
the color became fashionable there.
Gail Hamilton vividly describes how Homo
lulu wemen walk out in the rain Her escort
usually carries her umbrella, her dress and
her shoes. while she wears simply shawl
and hat trimmed with red and white roses.
A theatre in New York has @ladies cloak
room" where women can leave their hats be-
fore going into the theatre The first night
the plan was tried nearly every lady in the
lower part Of the house appeared without q
hat
The empress of China has selected thirty
six pretty girls Of high rank to train them to
be expresses and waiting women. Those
who are to be devoted to the higher career
are classified as "two dabs" in red ink charac-
ters, and the others as zone dab"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox carries portraits of
her husband, Mr.. Robert L. Wilcox, of Meri-
den, with her wherever she goes. "You
seem to be in love with your husband" some
one said to her a few days ago. "Oh, yes,"
she said, II ann very unconventional in that
respect"
Japanese ladies are more in consonance
with the dress reform movement than Amer
lean and European girls. No corset is worn,
long silk sash supplying the place Of steel
aud wbalebone. Some of the ultra fashiona-
BILE girls Of Toxic try to make their waist look
slender by wearing belt.
Congressman Singleton, of Mississippi
chairman of the house committee on tho
library, has appointed Miss Mary Johnston
as clerk of his committee. Miss Johnston is
the first woman to receive an appointment
to any office under congress, and is happy in
knowing that she will be paid at the rate OF
50 per day.
The conductors of young womans SEM
mary i'll Brooklyn have issued an order that
hereafter no bangs are to be worn. The girls
are very indignant and say that they will be
everlastingiy banged before they will respect
such monstrous order. Ask them ANYTHING
in reason and they will do it, but surrender
their bangs, neverl
Mrs. Minnie Hill is the only woman pilot
on the Pacific coast. For some time she bad
difficulty i'll procuring a license Finally,
however, she succeeded, after passing q sue
cessful examination. Mrs. Hill and her hus-
band arc the owners of little steamboat,
which has been plying about the lower Column
bia and its tributaries for the past two years.
Hereafter Mrs. Hill will take the helm.n
Boston now has gymnasium building ex-
clusively for the use of women. It is 100 by
70 feet, has six bowling alleys, good tennis
court, perfectly appointed gymnasium hall,
running track of twenty laps to the mile,
made of q patent compound of glue and felt,
hot and cold water baths, and every ap-
pliance that women could desire in a gym
nasium, even to piano. 4 This is the result
of the untiring work of Miss Mary E. Allen,
who for years has been devoting herself to
the physical culture of Boston's daughters